LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Sacred Beetle Fro7ttispiece 



Dung Beetles gathering Provender . Facing page 6 



Geotrupes stercorarius fighting for the 



Pellet „ „ 12 



Cerceris bupresticida and its Prey ; 

 Bupresticis micans and Buprestis 

 flavomaculata „ „ 46 



Cerceris tuberculata dragging Weevil 



TO ITS Burrow „ ,, 54 



Cerceris ferreri and its Prey, the Weevil; 

 Rhynchites betul^ on Birch Leaves, 

 showing two leaves rolled up by 

 THE Weevil . . . . • „ „ 5^ 



SPHEX FLAVIPENNIS about TO SEIZE GRASS- 

 HOPPER „ „ 120 



Sphex occitanica taking a Sun Bath . ,, „ 136 



The Sphex of Languedoc dragging to its 



Burrow an Ephippiger of the Vine „ ,,156 



The Sphex of Languedoc and its enemy, 



the Praying Mantis . . . . ,, „ 166 



